The Designer

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From her mother taking her fabric shopping to make matching outfits for the family, to watching her seamstress neighbor design Carnival costumes, custom fashion was all around Akisha Kirkland, Owner and Designer of Kishme, growing up in the Virgin Islands. She has always enjoyed imagining and sketching designs and went on to help obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion Design from Texas Woman's University, where she learned to sew and make her visions come to life. 

Officially founded at the height of the pandemic in 2020, Kishme is all about accentuating a woman's body in bold, feminine elegance. What the Owner & Designer really loves about designing custom pieces is the excitement that her clients have knowing that no one will have their exact garment and that it was made to perfectly fit them. From sketch to final creation, every step of the design process is done by the designer herself.